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Photograph Schematic U.S. term U.K. term Turning chain slip stitch slip stitch / single crochet N/A chain stitch chain stitch N/A single crochet
Sometimes a double decrease is made, in which three stitches are suspended from a single stitch. This allows for six possible stitch orders: 123, 132, 213, 231, 312 and 321. Here, the first number is the topmost stitch, and the last number is the bottommost stitch.
The paper instructions pasted on the back carried the following legend: "Rows: When knitting and suddenly called away, mark off the number of rows reached. Increase/decrease: For casting on, or casting off stitches. Times: To mark off the pattern when doing fancy knitting, etc. Measure: Very handy when tape measure is mislaid.
Amigurumi can be knitted, though they are usually crocheted out of yarn or thread, using the basic techniques of crochet (such as single crochet stitch, double crochet, and invisible decrease). Amigurumi can be worked as one piece or, more usually, in sections which are sewed or crocheted together.
ssk: Slip a stitch, slip the next stitch, knit the slipped stitches together; a decrease. ssk (improved): slip one stitch, slip the next stitch purl-wise, knit slipped stitches together. ssp: Slip a stitch, slip the next stitch, purl. A decrease. sssk: Slip, slip, slip, knit 3 slipped stitches together. A double decrease. st(s): Stitch(es)
While creating knitting by hand, usually two needles are used to hold the live stitches. While crochet uses a single hook, usually creating one stitch at a time, finishing one stitch before creating the next. Knitted fabric tends to be flexible and flowing, the stitches forming a shape that is similar to a "V".
Tunisian crochet and slip stitch crochet can in some cases use less yarn than knitting for comparable pieces. According to sources [40] claiming to have tested the 1/3 more yarn assertion, a single crochet stitch (sc) uses approximately the same amount of yarn as knit garter stitch, but more yarn than stockinette stitch. Any stitch using ...
A key factor in knitting is stitch definition, corresponding to how well complicated stitch patterns can be seen when made from a given yarn. Smooth, highly spun yarns are best for showing off stitch patterns; at the other extreme, very fuzzy yarns or eyelash yarns have poor stitch definition, and any complicated stitch pattern would be invisible.